Mandevilla plant named ‘LVDIP1601’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘LVDIP1601’, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and trailing plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; single bright pink-colored flowers; and good container performance.

Botanical designation: Mandevilla hybrida.

Cultivar denomination: ‘LVDIP1601’.

STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY INVENTOR/APPLICANT

An European Plant Breeder's Rights application for the instant plant was filed by the Inventor/Applicant on Jun. 7, 2021, application number 2021/1461. Foreign priority is not claimed to this application.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant, botanically known as Mandevilla hybrida and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘LVDIP1601’.

The new Mandevilla plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Vacaria, Brazil. The objective of the breeding program is to develop new strong and freely flowering Mandevilla plants with attractive flowers and good garden performance.

The new Mandevilla plant originated from a cross-pollination in 2015 in Vacaria, Brazil of Mandevilla hybrida ‘Sunparasuji’ (trade name, Classic Red Star), disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 19,931, as the female, or seed, parent with Mandevilla hybrida ‘Sunpararosta’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 23,213, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Mandevilla plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination grown in a controlled greenhouse environment in Vacaria, Brazil in November, 2016.

Asexual reproduction of the new Mandevilla plant by terminal stem cuttings in a controlled environment in Vacaria, Brazil since January, 2017 has shown that the unique features of this new Mandevilla plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Mandevilla have not been observed under all possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘LVDIP1601’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘LVDIP1601’ as a new and distinct Mandevilla plant:

-   -   1. Upright to outwardly spreading and trailing plant habit.     -   2. Moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit.     -   3. Early and freely flowering habit.     -   4. Single bright pink-colored flowers.     -   5. Good container performance.

Plants of the new Mandevilla can be compared to plants of the female parent, ‘Sunparasuji’. Plants of the new Mandevilla differ primarily from plants of ‘Sunparasuji’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Mandevilla are not as vigorous as plants of         ‘Sunparasuji’.     -   2. Plants of the new Mandevilla have lighter green-colored         leaves than plants of ‘Sunparasuji’.     -   3. Plants of the new Mandevilla have bright pink-colored flowers         whereas plants of ‘Sunparasuji’ have red-colored flowers with         white-colored stripes.

Plants of the new Mandevilla can be compared to plants of the male parent, ‘Sunpararosta’. Plants of the new Mandevilla differ primarily from plants of ‘Sunpararosta’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Mandevilla are not as vigorous as plants of         ‘Sunpararosta’.     -   2. Plants of the new Mandevilla have bright pink-colored flowers         whereas plants of ‘Sunpararosta’ have dark pink- colored         flowers.

Plants of the new Mandevilla can also be compared to plants of Mandevilla hybrida ‘Sunparaprero’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 19,399. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Mandevilla differ primarily from plants ‘Sunparaprero’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Mandevilla are not as trailing as plants of         ‘Sunparaprero’.     -   2. Plants of the new Mandevilla have bright pink-colored flowers         whereas plants of ‘Sunparaprero’ have dark pink- colored         flowers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Mandevilla plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the actual colors of the new Mandevilla plant.

The photograph on the first sheet (FIG. 1 ) is a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘LVDIP1601’ grown in a container.

The photograph on the second sheet (FIG. 2 ) is a close-up view of a typical flower of ‘LVDIP1601’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photographs and following observations, measurements and values describe plants grown during the summer in 10.5-cm containers in a polyethylene-covered greenhouse in Merano, Italy and under cultural practices typical of commercial Mandevilla production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 20° C. to 28° C. and night temperatures ranged from 10° C. to 18° C. Plants were 20 weeks old when the photographs and description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2015 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Mandevilla hybrida ‘LVDIP1601’. -   Parentage:     -   -   Female, or seed, parent.—Mandevilla hybrida ‘Sunparasuji’,             disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 19,931.         -   Male, or pollen, parent.—Mandevilla hybrida ‘Sunpararosta’,             disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 23,213. -   Propagation:     -   -   Type.—By vegetative cuttings.         -   Time to initiate roots, summer.—About three weeks at             temperatures about 25° C.         -   Time to initiate roots, winter.—About four weeks at             temperatures about 14° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About five             weeks at temperatures about 25° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About six             weeks at temperature about 14° C.         -   Root description.—Thin, fibrous; typically creamy white in             color, actual color of the roots is dependent on substrate             composition, water quality, fertilizers, substrate             temperature and physiological age of roots.         -   Rooting habit.—Freely branching; medium density. -   Plant description:     -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Upright to outwardly spreading and             trailing plant habit; roughly broadly obovate in overall             shape; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit and             moderate growth rate.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of foliar plane.—About 18.9             cm.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of floral plane.—About 23.5             cm.         -   Plant diameter (spread).—About 44.3 cm.         -   Lateral branch description.—Branching habit: Freely             branching habit, typically about three primary lateral             branches each with about two secondary lateral branches.             Length: About 18.1 cm. Diameter: About 2.5 mm. Internode             length: About 2.6 cm. Aspect: Primary lateral branches,             mostly upright; secondary lateral branches, about 25° to 45°             from primary branch axis. Strength: Strong. Texture and             luster: Smooth, glabrous; slightly glossy; becoming woody             with development. Color, developing and developed: Close to             a blend of 143B and 143C; when woody, close to 199A. -   Leaf description:     -   -   Arrangement.—Opposite, simple.         -   Length.—About 5.3 cm.         -   Width.—About 4.1 cm.         -   Shape.—Broadly ovate to broadly elliptic.         -   Apex.—Apiculate to abruptly acute.         -   Base.—Truncate to shallowly cordate.         -   Margin.—Entire.         -   Texture and luster, upper and lower surfaces.—Smooth,             glabrous; moderately coriaceous; moderately glossy.         -   Venation pattern.—Pinnate.         -   Color.—Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to 143A.             Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 177A. Full             expanded leaves, upper surface: Slightly darker than a blend             of NN137A and 147A; venation, close to NN144C. Fully             expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to 146B; venation,             close to 145C to 145D.         -   Petioles.—Length: About 1 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm by 2 mm.             Strength: Moderately strong. Texture and luster, upper             surface: Smooth, glabrous; moderately glossy. Texture and             luster, lower surface: Smooth, glabrous; slightly glossy.             Color, upper surface: Close to 144A. Color, lower surface:             Close to 144C. -   Flower description:     -   -   Flower type and flowering habit.—Single salverform flowers             arranged in terminal and axillary cymes; flowers face             outwardly to slightly upright or slightly nodding; freely             flowering habit with about seven flowers per inflorescence             and about 90 flower buds and open flowers developing per             plant during the flowering season.         -   Natural flowering season.—Plants flower continuously from             spring into the autumn in Italy; plants begin flowering             about 45 days after planting rooted young plants.         -   Flower longevity on the plant.—Individual flowers last about             ten days; flowers not persistent.         -   Fragrance.—None detected.         -   Inflorescence height.—About 14.9 cm.         -   Inflorescence diameter.—About 9.5 cm.         -   Flower buds.—Length: About 5.6 cm. Diameter: About 9 mm.             Shape: Narrowly oblanceolate. Texture and luster: Smooth,             glabrous; slightly glossy. Color: Distally, close to 54A;             mid-section, close to 54C; proximally, close to 145C and             tube, close to 145A.         -   Flowers.—Appearance: Flared trumpet, corolla fused and             five-parted. Diameter: About 6.8 cm by 6.8 cm. Depth             (length): About 6.7 cm. Throat diameter: About 1.5 cm. Tube             length: About 5.1 cm. Tube diameter: Proximally, about 4 5             mm; distally, about 1.7 cm.         -   Corolla.—Quantity and arrangement: Five petals arranged in a             single whorl; lower 60% portion (approximately) of the             petals are fused into a funnelform tube. Petal lobe length:             About 3.3 cm. Petal lobe width: About 2.8 cm. Petal shape             and appearance: Roughly unequal spatulate; slightly convex             and moderately reflexed. Petal apex: Short apiculate,             unequal. Petal margin: Entire; moderately undulate. Petal             texture and luster, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous;             velvety; slightly glossy. Petal texture and luster, lower             surface: Smooth, glabrous; slightly velvety; slightly             glossy. Throat texture: Smooth, glabrous; velvety. Tube             texture: Smooth, glabrous; slightly velvety. Color: Petal,             when opening, upper surface: Close to N57A; towards the             throat, close to 61D. Petal, when opening, lower surface:             Close to 58B; at the apex, tinged with close to N155A;             towards the base, close to 63C. Petal, fully opened, upper             surface: Close to 63B; towards the margins, close to 63B to             63C; venation, similar to lamina color; with subsequent             development, color becoming closer to 63C and towards the             margins, close to 65A. Petal, fully opened, lower surface:             Close to 64D; central band, close to 65A; flushed and tinged             with close to N155C; midvein, close to 65A; with subsequent             development, color becoming closer to 63C and towards the             margins, close to 65A and flushed with close to N155A.             Throat: Close to 23A; at the base of the throat, close to             151C; venation, similar to lamina colors. Tube: Distally,             close to 54C and proximally, close to a blend of 145D and             150D; at the base, close to 145A; venation, similar to             lamina colors.         -   Sepals.—Quantity and arrangement: Five sepals arranged in a             single whorl. Length: About 7 mm. Width: About 1 mm. Shape:             Lanceolate. Apex: Narrowly acuminate. Base: Broadly cuneate             and fused. Margin: Entire. Texture and luster, upper             surface: Smooth, glabrous; moderately glossy. Texture and             luster, lower surface: Smooth, glabrous; matte. Color: When             developing and fully developed, upper surface: Close to             145C; towards the base, close to 145A. When developing and             fully developed, lower surface: Close to 145B; towards the             base, close to 145A.         -   Peduncles.—Length: About 9.7 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm.             Strength: Strong. Aspect: About 20° from lateral branch             axis. Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; moderately             glossy. Color: Close to 143B.         -   Pedicels.—Length: About 1.6 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm.             Strength: Strong. Aspect: About 20° to 60° from peduncle             axis. Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; moderately             glossy. Color: Close to 145A.         -   Reproductive organs.—Stamens: Quantity and arrangement:             Typically five; basifixed; anthers connivent. Filament             length: About 2 mm. Filament color: Close to 150D. Anther             shape: Narrowly oblong. Anther size: About 1.5 mm by 9 mm.             Anther color: Close to 162D. Pollen amount: None observed.             Pistils: Quantity: Typically one. Pistil length: About             2.6 cm. Style length: About 2.3 cm. Style color: Close to             145C. Stigma diameter: About 1.75 mm. Stigma shape:             Club-shaped, pointed. Stigma color: Close to 147D. Ovary             color: Close to 144A.         -   Seeds and fruits.—To date, seed and fruit production have             not been observed on plants of the new Mandevilla. -   Pathogen & pest resistance: To date, plants of the new Mandevilla     have not been noted to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to     Mandevilla plants. -   Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Mandevilla have been     observed to tolerate temperatures ranging from about 5° C. to about     40° C. and to be suitable for USDA Hardiness Zones 9 to 13. 

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Mandevilla plant named ‘LVDIP1601’ as illustrated and described. 